A doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is working with a team of nurse and physician leaders to examine the use of urinary catheters, and related urinary tract infections, in ...

Carolyn Freeman, BSc, is lead nurse, continence care, Greenwich Teaching PCT, London. The RCN highlight that continence is one of the fundamentals of basic nursing care and that good continence care ...

They're a double-edged sword for nursing home residents and staff - making it easier and safer to handle a basic bodily function, but putting frail patients in danger of infections that can lead to ...

The first of two articles on urinary catheterisation explains the procedure for children and young people, including the reasons, positioning, and safety considerations Catheter insertion is an ...